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Question
When two long, straight, current-carrying conductors are placed parallel to each other and the currents flow in the same direction, the conductors:
Options
Repel each other
Attract each other
Experience a force only if placed in a vacuum
Exert no force on each other
MCQ
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Solution
Parallel conductors carrying currents in the same direction (parallel currents) exert an attractive magnetic force on each other. The magnetic field of one conductor produces a Lorentz force on the other, pulling them together.
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